JPH0484360A - Sentence inspecting device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily detect a wrong drawing reference code by extracting a numeral string in a sentence and the position of the string in the sentence and inspecting the character strings immediately before and after the numeral string in a sentence. CONSTITUTION:A sentence storing means 2, numeral string information extracting means 3, numeral string storing means 4, and immediately-before and immediately-after character string inspecting means 5 and 6 are provided and, after an inputted sentence is stored in the sentence storage device 2, a numeral string in the sentence and the position of the string in the sentence are extracted. Then the form of character strings immediately before and after the numeral string in the sentence are inspected about each extracted numeral string and, after deleting numeral strings which are not codes for referring items in a drawing, a KWIC list using the remaining numeral strings as keys is prepared and displayed. Therefore, detection of erroneous drawing reference code in a sentence can be supported efficiently.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial application field] The present invention relates to a text inspection device that inspects drawing reference symbols.

[Conventional technology]

Improvements in writing technology have made it easier for general users to efficiently create documents using word processors and the like. Recently, not only Japanese input through kana-kanji conversion, etc., but also the ability to check input sentences using a calculator have been realized.

For example, Proceedings of the 4th Annual Conference of the Japan Software Science Society B-1
-2F Japanese text creation support tool "Practical application of Elaboration J1 on a personal computer" introduces many text inspection functions such as "search for words that should be rephrased" and rKWIC list creation. There is. By utilizing these functions to detect and correct errors in Japanese sentences, it is possible to improve the quality of the sentences.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

The text inspection function described above is also effective when creating texts accompanied by drawings, such as patents and inventions (hereinafter collectively referred to as patents). However, the above-mentioned text inspection function processes general Japanese sentences, and cannot inspect expressions and terms specific to drawing references.

One of the common errors that occur when drafting patent specifications is the incorrect use of drawing reference symbols (generally consisting of numbers or alphanumeric symbols). For example, in a patent drawing, items (code names) labeled rl and oOJ are "control devices."
is referred to as the "control device 100". Here, due to a change in the drawing, the code r100J has been changed to rl.
When changing to OIJ, the “control device 10” in the text
All 0J must be changed to "control device 101". However, the description "control device 100" is often used multiple times in the specification, and there is a risk that the description "control device 100" will remain as it is due to omission of changes.

As a means to minimize the above errors, the above-mentioned "elaboration"
A possible method is to use a character string suggestion function that specifies limited character types such as numbers in , and allow a human to silently check the extracted part. However, when this function is used, parts that clearly do not correspond to codes, such as vehicle interior numbers and numbers in sentences, are also searched at the same time, resulting in poor inspection efficiency.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a text inspection device that solves the drawbacks seen in the above-mentioned prior art and supports the detection of errors in drawing reference symbols existing in texts.

[Means to solve the problem]

A text inspection device according to a first aspect of the present invention includes an input means for inputting a text, a text storage means for storing the input text, and a number string for extracting a number string in the text and its position in the text. information extraction means, number string storage means for storing the number string, immediately preceding character string inspection means for inspecting the form of the character string immediately before the number string in the sentence, and the number string in the sentence. Immediate character string testing means for inspecting the form of the character string immediately after the character string, and numbers for deleting the numeric string in the numeric string storage means based on the test results of the immediately preceding character string testing means and the immediately following character string testing means. The preceding character string inspection means includes a column deletion means, a KWIC generation means for generating a KWIC list based on the number string and the text, and a display means for displaying the KWIC list, and the immediately preceding character string inspection means is configured to delete the number string in the text. The character string immediately after the number string in the text may be located immediately after the drawing reference code. A character string that is not a character or a character string is detected, and the number string deletion means deletes the number string detected by the immediately preceding character string inspection means and the immediately preceding character string inspection means.
1 Further, the text inspection device of the second invention includes an input means for inputting a text, a text storage means for storing the input text, and a number string in the text and its position in the text. a number string information extraction means for storing the number string; a immediately preceding character string inspection means for inspecting the form of the character string immediately before the number string in the sentence; Immediate character string inspection means for inspecting the form of the character string immediately after the numeric string, and the numeric string in the numeric string storage means based on the test results of the immediately preceding character string inspection means and the immediately following character string inspection means. a first number string deletion means to be deleted; an unnecessary word dictionary containing unnecessary words specific to patent specifications; a second number string deletion means for deleting the number string in the storage means; a KWIC generation means for generating a KWIC list based on the number string and the text; and a KWIC! , I list, and the immediately preceding character string checking means detects a character immediately before the number string in the text that is not a character or a character string that can constitute the name of a drawing reference code, The character string inspection means detects a character or character string immediately after the number string in the text that can be located immediately after the drawing reference code, and the number string deletion means detects the immediately preceding character string inspection means and the immediately preceding character string. 6. It is characterized by deleting the number string detected by the character string inspection means. p-ken-1tsu4
[Operation] The operation of the first invention is as follows. First, an input sentence is stored in a sentence storage device, and then a number string in the sentence and its position in the sentence are extracted. However, in the present invention, the numeric string means a character string that can be used as a reference code for drawings, such as 100a and 100-a, and the alphanumeric characters immediately following the numeric string (excluding punctuation marks and delimiters such as parentheses). ) is expanded to allow the combination of Next, for each extracted number string, the format of the character strings immediately before and after the number string in the text is examined, and those whose number strings are not codes for referring to items in the drawings are deleted. Next, a KWIC list is generated and displayed using the remaining number string as a key.

In the operation of the second invention, in addition to the flow of the operation of the first invention, before rearranging the number string, the character strings immediately before and after the number string in the sentence and unique unnecessary words prepared in advance are ("Part", "Figures", "Claims", etc.) are checked to see if they match, and after deleting the matches, the KWIC list is generated and displayed.

〔Example〕

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the first invention.

In FIG. 1, 1 is an input means for inputting sentences;
2 is a text storage means for storing the input text; 3 is a number string information extraction means for extracting a number string from the text in the text storage means 2 and its position in the text; 4 is a number string information extraction means A number string storage means for storing extracted number strings and position information, and 5 inspects the form of the immediately preceding character string in the sentence in the text storage means 2 for each number string in the number string storage means 4. It is a means to check the character string immediately before
Reference numeral 6 denotes an immediately preceding character string inspection means for inspecting the form of the immediately following character string in the sentence in the text storage means 2 for each number string in the number string storage means 4, and 7 indicates an immediately preceding character string inspection means 5.
8 is a number string deletion means for deleting a predetermined number string in the number string storage means 4 based on the test result of the character string inspection means 6, and 8 is a number string and text storage means in the number string storage means 4. KWI that generates a KWIC list based on the sentences in 2.
9 is a display means for displaying the KWIC list, and 10 is a control section for controlling the overall operation. In FIG. 1, input means 1 is a floppy disk device, communication line, etc., and number string information extraction means 3.
Immediately preceding character string inspection means 5. Immediately after character string inspection means 6. KWI
C generation means 8. The control unit 10 can be realized by a CPU or the like.

Furthermore, FIG. 3 is an example of an error in which the same code "4" is given to the Japanese inputted from the input means. The operation of this embodiment will be described below using the text in FIG. 3 as an example.

The Japanese sentences input from input means 1 are stored in sentence storage means 2.
is memorized. Thereafter, the number string information extraction means 3 extracts a number string and its position in the sentence from the Japanese text in the text storage means 2 under the control of the control section 10, and stores it in the number string storage means 4.

The details of the procedure for extracting a numeric string are omitted because they are introduced in the above-mentioned literature as ``Character string search command for F-character type string.'' The contents of the number string storage means 4 at this point are shown in FIG. In FIG. 4, "position" is expressed as the number of characters from the beginning of the sentence.

Next, under the control of the control unit 10, the immediately preceding character string checking means 5 uses the character string immediately preceding each number string in the Japanese text (in the text storage means 2) (using the position information in FIG. 4). If the character (which can be referred to as a reference) is not a character or character string (such as kanji, katakana, hiragana, etc.) that can constitute the name of a code used in the drawing, this fact is communicated to the number string deletion means 7. In this example, since "3" starting from the 1st character (the beginning of the sentence) and "2" starting from the 119th character (the immediately preceding comma) do not constitute a code name, the number string deletion means 7 sent to.

Immediate character string inspection means 6 detects whether the character string immediately following each number string in the Japanese text is not a character or character string (such as a punctuation mark or hiragana) that can be located immediately after a reference sign used in a drawing. In this example, “2” starts from the 119th character.
" and "3" starting from the 169th character (the immediately following is a kanji character) do not satisfy the condition, so this is communicated to the number string deletion means 7. The operations of the immediately preceding character string checking means 5 and the following character string checking means 6 can be realized by simple comparison of character types, so a detailed explanation will be omitted.

Under the control of the control unit 10, the number string deletion means 7 deletes the number string detected by the immediately preceding character string checking means 5 and the following character string checking means 6 from among the number strings in the number string storage means 4. In this example, r3J starting from the 1st character, "2" starting from the 119th character, and "3" starting from the 169th character are deleted. Number string storage means 4 at this point
The contents are as shown in Figure 5.

Next, under the control of the control unit 10, the KWIC generation means 8 uses the first key to generate a numerical string and the second key to a numerical value in a Japanese sentence based on the numerical string in the numerical string storage means 4. After sorting the string immediately before the column, generate a list including the strings before and after the key. KWIC! An example of how to create a list is introduced in the above-mentioned literature (in the example in the literature, the first key is sorted by a kanji string and the second key is sorted by reading), and it can be easily realized. Since it can be done, the details of the operation will be omitted. The obtained KWIC list is displayed on display means 9.
displayed to the user. Display means 9 in this example
An example of the display is shown in FIG.

In FIG. 6, the code for "result storage means" is r4.
J is given, and it is displayed in an easy-to-read format that it is stamped with the code "4" for "morphological analysis means".

As a result, the user can easily find the erroneous part by looking at the displayed results (the final decision as to whether or not it is an error is left to the user) and can make corrections to the specification. Regarding code 1, "Claim 1" and "Control unit l"
Two are displayed. In the first invention, “Claim 1
” is not the name of a drawing code is left to the user's discretion.

Next, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the second invention.

In FIG. 2, input means 1 to display means 9 are the same as those with the same reference numerals in FIG. 1, and therefore their explanations will be omitted. 1
1 is a character or character string (unnecessary word) that is used specifically in patent specifications and is not used in the name of symbols used in drawings.
12 is an unnecessary word dictionary that contains the number string in the number string storage means 4, and whether character strings before and after the number string in the Japanese text in the sentence storage means 2 exist in the unnecessary word dictionary ll. 13 is a list of numbers 7 based on the test results by the unnecessary word testing means 12.
This is a second number string deletion means for deleting a predetermined number string in the means 4. Further, 10a is a control section that controls the overall operation. Hereinafter, this embodiment will be explained using the same example as the first 3/1 example.

The procedure from when a Japanese sentence is input by the input means 1 to when a predetermined number string in the number string storage means 4 is deleted by the number string deletion means 7 is the same as in the embodiment of the first invention. be. The contents of the number string storage means 4 at this point are as shown in FIG. Here, unnecessary word checking means 12
Under the control of the control unit 10a, for each number string in the number string storage means 4, the character strings before and after this number string in the sentence storage means 2 match an unnecessary word in the unnecessary word dictionary ll. Check whether there is one or not, and send the result to the second number string deletion means 1.
Pass it to 3. Here, it is assumed that the unnecessary word dictionary 11 contains words such as "No.", "Claim", "And", and "Claims". The unnecessary word checking means 12 uses the code "1" starting from the 190th character shown in FIG. Since it matches term J, this fact is transmitted to the second number string deletion means 13.The second number string deletion means 13 receives an instruction from the unnecessary word checking means 12 under the control of the control section 10a. to delete the term of the code Ill (190th character) in the number string storage means 4.Hereafter, the first
As in the embodiment shown in the figure, the KWIC generating means 8
The KWIC is generated and displayed on the display means 9. In this embodiment, a display as shown in FIG. 7 is obtained.

In FIG. 7, the code for “result storage means” is “4”.
” is given, and it is clearly displayed that this overlaps with the code “4” of “morphological analysis means”.

Additionally, items that are clearly different from the code name are automatically excluded.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, by using the present invention, it is possible to easily detect fraudulent drawing reference symbols.

FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram showing a display example of the display means shown in the figure.

1...Input means, 2...Text storage means, 3...Number string information extraction means, 4...
Number string storage means, 5... Immediately preceding character string inspection means, 6
... Immediate character string inspection means, 7... Number string deletion means, 8... KWIC generation means, 9...
・Display means, 10. IOa...control unit, 11.
. . . Unnecessary word dictionary, 12 . . . Unnecessary word inspection means, 13 . . . Second number string deletion means.

Agent Patent Attorney Susumu Uchihara

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the first invention.
Figure 3 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the second invention, Figure 3 is a diagram showing a part of an example of Japanese text input from the input means, Figures 4 and 5 are Figures 1 and 2. A conceptual diagram showing an example of the number string storage means in , FIGS. 6 and 7 are respectively shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 2, FIG. 1, FIG. 3, FIG.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. Input means for inputting a sentence, text storage means for storing the inputted sentence, and number string information extraction for extracting a number string in the sentence and its position in the sentence. means, a number string storage means for storing the number string, immediately preceding character string inspection means for inspecting the form of a character string immediately before the number string in the sentence, and immediately after the number string in the sentence. Immediate character string testing means for inspecting the form of the character string; and numeric string deletion for deleting the numeric string in the numeric string storage means based on the test results of the immediately preceding character string testing means and the immediately following character string testing means. KWIC generating means for generating a KWIC list based on the number string and the text, and display means for displaying the KWIC list, and the immediately preceding character string checking means includes a KWIC list immediately after the number string in the text. is not a character or a character string that can constitute the name of a drawing reference code, and the immediate character string checking means detects a character or character string that can be located immediately after the number string in the text and immediately after the drawing reference code. A text inspection device, characterized in that a non-character string is detected, and the number string deletion means deletes the number string detected by the immediately preceding character string inspection means and the immediately preceding character string inspection means. 2. An input means for inputting a sentence, a sentence storage means for storing the inputted sentence, a number string information extraction means for extracting a number string in the sentence and its position in the sentence, and the number string a number string storage means for storing a number string; a immediately preceding character string inspection means for inspecting the form of a character string immediately before the number string in the sentence; a character string checking means immediately after the test; a first number string deletion means for deleting the number string in the number string storage means based on the test results of the immediately preceding character string checking means and the immediately preceding character string checking means; an unnecessary word dictionary containing unnecessary words specific to patent specifications; and a device for deleting the numerical string in the numerical string storage means when character strings before and after the numerical string in the text match the unnecessary word. a KWIC generating means for generating a KWIC list based on the numerical string and the text;
Display means for displaying a WIC list is provided, and the immediately preceding character string inspection means detects a character immediately before the number string in the text that is not a character or a character string that can constitute the name of a drawing reference code, and detects the immediately preceding character string. The string checking means detects a character or character string immediately after the number string in the text that can be located immediately after the drawing reference code, and the number string deletion means detects the immediately preceding character string checking means and the immediately preceding character. A text inspection device characterized by deleting a number string detected by a column inspection means.